ABSTRACT
Under the banner "Turning Intellect Into Influence," the Manhattan In stitute's Web site proudly lists its influence on Bush's administration. First on the list are two carriers of the torch of conservative compassion ism as preached by Marvin Olasky and supported by the institute. The Manhattan Institute's John Dilulio was appointed Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, and Stephen Goldsmith was named Special Advisor to the President for Faith-Based
and Community Initiatives. Influence on economic policy was ensured by the institute's former Senior Fellow Lawrence Lindsay acting as Chief Economic Advisor to Bush and the appointment of the Institute's David Frum as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Speech Writing. While at the Institute, Lindsay wrote the book that influenced Bush's tax policies: The Growth Experiment: How the New Tax Policy Is Transforming the U.S. Economy. The institute's influence on civil rights issues was as sured by the appointment of Senior Fellow Abigail Thernstrom to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Also, of course, the institute cited Se nior Fellow Myron Magnet's book The Dream and the Nightmare . . . [as] 'The book that helped shape Bush's message'."2
